{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-77-2606","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 20-77-2606","heading":"Consultation with caregiver - Discharge plan","body":"(a) (1) As soon as practicable before the discharge of the patient, the hospital shall attempt to consult with the designated caregiver to prepare the caregiver to provide for the aftercare needs of the patient. (2) As part of the consultation under subdivision (a)(1) of this section, the hospital shall provide the designated caregiver the opportunity to ask questions and receive answers about the aftercare needs of the patient. (b) (1) At or before discharge, the hospital shall provide the caregiver with the discharge plan of the patient that describes any aftercare needs of the patient. (2) The hospital will educate the caregiver concerning the aftercare of the patient in a manner that is consistent with current accepted practices and is based on the learning needs of the caregiver. (c) In the event that the hospital is unable to contact the designated caregiver, the lack of contact shall not interfere with, delay, or otherwise affect an appropriate discharge of the patient. Added by Act 2015, No. 1013,§ 1, eff. 7/22/2015.\n\n(a) (1) As soon as practicable before the discharge of the patient, the hospital shall attempt to consult with the designated caregiver to prepare the caregiver to provide for the aftercare needs of the patient. (2) As part of the consultation under subdivision (a)(1) of this section, the hospital shall provide the designated caregiver the opportunity to ask questions and receive answers about the aftercare needs of the patient.\n\n(1) As soon as practicable before the discharge of the patient, the hospital shall attempt to consult with the designated caregiver to prepare the caregiver to provide for the aftercare needs of the patient.\n\n(2) As part of the consultation under subdivision (a)(1) of this section, the hospital shall provide the designated caregiver the opportunity to ask questions and receive answers about the aftercare needs of the patient.\n\n(b) (1) At or before discharge, the hospital shall provide the caregiver with the discharge plan of the patient that describes any aftercare needs of the patient. (2) The hospital will educate the caregiver concerning the aftercare of the patient in a manner that is consistent with current accepted practices and is based on the learning needs of the caregiver.\n\n(1) At or before discharge, the hospital shall provide the caregiver with the discharge plan of the patient that describes any aftercare needs of the patient.\n\n(2) The hospital will educate the caregiver concerning the aftercare of the patient in a manner that is consistent with current accepted practices and is based on the learning needs of the caregiver.\n\n(c) In the event that the hospital is unable to contact the designated caregiver, the lack of contact shall not interfere with, delay, or otherwise affect an appropriate discharge of the patient.","path":["AR Code","Title 20","Chapter 77","Subchapter 26"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:35:43Z","sha256":"87891b2818c88436547a5a2c42daaae2f7f44ff6e62788071ef75f4bb801b0f1","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-77-2605","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-77-2607","notices":[{"id":"open-us-law","title":"Open US Law compilation","text":"Compilation CC BY 4.0, Open US Law (Vaquill AI). GroundRules uses only the releases published under CC BY 4.0: from v2026.09 the compilation is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, and GroundRules does not use those releases. Each affected row names its release in its vintage label. GroundRules parsed and filtered the compilation to retain enacted text.","url":"https://huggingface.co/datasets/vaquill/open-us-law","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"},{"id":"pro-ar","title":"Arkansas Release 78 supplement","text":"Arkansas electronic product files were republished by Public.Resource.Org under a public-domain mark. GroundRules uses enacted text from Release 78 only as a labeled supplement to the newer Open US Law rows.","url":"https://archive.org/details/gov.ar.code"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}